The 2018 ACRE Competencies with an Emphasis on Customized Employment

In 2018, ACRE released is brand new set of competencies with an emphasis on Customized Employment. Similar to how ACRE began developing its competenceis based on the work of APSE, this time ACRE began with the work of the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center (WINTAC) and the Vocational Rehabilitation Youth Technical Assistance Center (Y-TAC), who created a document entitled the Essential Elements of Customized Employment. The new ACRE competencies are a melding of the original Employment Services competencies with the Essential Elements of Customized Employment. These new competencies are seperated into 2 levels (Basic and Professional) in order that 2 levels of training curriculum could be available.